AP World History / Unit 5
Unit 5 · 12–15%
Revolutions
New political ideas and Atlantic upheavals, c. 1750–1900.
Topics
- Enlightenment ideas
- Atlantic revolutions
- Haitian Revolution
- Latin American independence
- Nationalism
Lessons
Key terms
Original practice
Marlow Works questions. If this unit does not have its own items yet, you will see other questions from the same course.
Develop a historically defensible thesis that compares one political cause and one social or intellectual cause of Atlantic revolutions in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Use specific evidence from at least two revolutions (for example, the American, French, Haitian, or Spanish-American revolutions).
Original Marlow Works item — not a College Board question.
Take your time—this is practice, not a test.
Review checklist
- 01Connect an idea (rights, sovereignty, equality) to a specific revolutionary setting.
- 02Compare two Atlantic revolutions by cause and by who gained power afterward.
- 03Explain one way nationalism could unify or divide a population.
Related resources
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AP World History: Modern course page
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World History Volume 1: to 1500
Open textbook useful for AP World background through 1500.
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World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500
Open textbook for comparative regional history before 1500.
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